The Three Musketeers (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
, by Dumas, Alexandre; Pevear, Richard; Gauld, TomNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780143105008 | 0143105000
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 8/28/2007
A major new translation of one of the most enduring works of literature, from the award- winning, bestselling co-translator of Anna Karenina—with a spectacular, specially illustrated cover The Three Musketeersis the most famous of Alexandre Dumas’s historical novels and one of the most popular adventure stories ever written. Now in a bracing new translation, this swashbuckling epic chronicles the adventures of d’Artagnan, a brash young man from the countryside who journeys to Paris in 1625 hoping to become a musketeer and guard to King Louis XIII. Before long he finds treachery and court intrigue—and also three boon companions: the daring swordsmen Athos, Porthos, and Aramis. Together they strive heroically to defend the honor of their queen against the powerful Cardinal Richelieu and the seductive spy Milady.